We all know the benefits of a diversified portfolio – but constructing one is easier said than done. Take the MSCI World Index; it has 1,300 constituents, but a handful of US companies (no prizes for ...

Diversified real estate investment trust (Reit) Landsec (LAND) has sold the Ministry of Justice headquarters for £245mn to Arora Group.

Technology group BATM Advanced Communications (BVC:14.25p) continues to make progress with exiting non-core activities in line with its strategy to prioritise the group’s focus on cyber security, ...

Traders are being pulled in different directions as we start the week, leading to a fairly muddled outcome for European bourses. The FTSE 100 is slightly in the red as miners give up some of Friday’s ...

That’s true even when you’ve tried to skew the odds in you favour using rigorous stock selection criteria. Our Safe Yields screen, which uses a mixture of historic dividend growth and strength, low ...

So far this year, investment in artificial intelligence (AI) data centres has contributed more to US economic growth than all consumer spending combined. Even if there is still some scepticism about ...

One company worth examining is Equinix (US:EQIX), a California-based multinational that specialises in internet connectivity and co-location centres. It essentially offers space within data centres, ...

CPI inflation rose more than expected in the last reading, to 3.6 per cent in June. The MPC now thinks price growth will peak at 4 per cent in September, driven higher by food prices.

Our reader has substantial savings but wonders if focusing on income is holding him back. Dave Baxter finds out ...

Copper miner Antofagasta (ANTO) revved up its interim profits through higher gold and copper production, resulting in a mid-year payout twice that of last year. The cash profit was $2.2bn (£1.6bn), ...

As results season winds down, Dan Jones and team discuss a property group’s results, alternative ways to find bargain stocks and Novo Nordisk vs Eli Lilly ...

The Federal Reserve, by contrast, has left rates unchanged since last December, refusing to lower them in a succession of meetings. But this week’s steady US inflation data may now be the trigger to ...